Sacred Places

The Sunday Times paperback bestseller and Waterstones Non-Fiction Book of the Month*Featuring a brand new chapter!*'Never have the joys of exploring the churches and cathedrals of this country been so vividly conveyed as they are in this engaging and...

A visual pilgrimage through holy mountains, great pyramids, and golden shrines, Sacred Sites celebrates the ways we transform the world around us through ritual, creativity, and worship. Essays, interviews and more than 400 images explore spaces ranging...

'Never have the joys of exploring the churches and cathedrals of this country been so vividly conveyed as they are in this engaging and elegiac book.' - New Statesman **BOOK OF THE YEAR pick 2023**'A delicious treat' - Financial Times **TRAVEL BOOK OF...

'A story of passion, hardship and endurance' - Reinhold Messner'There is much to marvel at in these pages. It taught me a great deal... Enthralling' - Jon Krakauer, bestselling author of Into Thin AirIn this gripping and inspirational book, Jamling...

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This is the first English edition of a book first published very successfully in German in 2019. It is a translation of the revised third German edition. The central themes of Stefan Heid's book are the early Christian altar and the design and building...

On Easter, 2014, Britain's best-loved vicar, the Rev. Richard Coles, led a pilgrimage to all the major historic sites of the Holy Land: from Nazareth and the Sea of Galilee in the North, via Jericho and the Jordan River, to Bethlehem and, finally,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593241004Author Carley SummersFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint ConvergentPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 1293gDimensions(mm) 262mm *...

Secret Sacred Sites uncovers 100 hidden holy places from around the world. Sacred sites are among the world's most visited and venerated places. They offer another level of experience to its visitors and pilgrims, full of intensity, presence and, for...

This volume focuses on the connection between modern design and architectural practices and the construction of "sacred spaces." Not only language and ritual but space, place, and architecture play a significant role in constructing "special" or...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781634994880Author Alyssa GutierrezFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint America Through TimePublisher America Through TimeWeight(grams) 9g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781634994910Author Joellen HundelandFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint America Through TimePublisher America Through TimeWeight(grams) 9g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780974146843Author Mahmoud SheltonFormat PaperbackPage Count 130Imprint Temple of Justice BooksPublisher Temple of Justice BooksWeight(grams)...

At the pilgrimage site of Adam’s Peak in Sri Lanka, a footprint is embedded atop the mountain summit. Buddhists hold that it was left by the Buddha, Hindus say Lord Siva, and Muslims and Christians identify it with Adam, the first man. The Sri Lankan...

At the pilgrimage site of Adam’s Peak in Sri Lanka, a footprint is embedded atop the mountain summit. Buddhists hold that it was left by the Buddha, Hindus say Lord Siva, and Muslims and Christians identify it with Adam, the first man. The Sri Lankan...

The geographical position between the gulfs of Naples and Salerno made pre-Roman Sorrento a fundamental point of passage. Around the inhabited centre, sacred sites or scattered settlements developed, including the sanctuary of Athena on the extreme tip...